Alessandro Tuia
- Simon Basten
- Jul 25
- 2 min read
Alessandro Tuia was born on June 8, 1990 in Civita Castellana near Viterbo. A defender with excellent prospects, he joined the Lazio academy young and worked his way up to the first team.
He was included in the B list of the Champions League 2007-08 by Delio Rossi and debuted in Serie A on May 31, 2009, in the away match against Juventus.
Both he and Davide Faraoni were supposed to be the future of the Biancocelesti as far as defence was concerned and the club in 2009 loaned him to Monza in the third tier for a couple of seasons where he made 44 appearances with 2 goals.
Back at Lazio in 2011 he then signed for Foligno in Lega Pro where he stayed a year. He then moved to Salernitana, again via Lazio, where he stayed six years. In 2014 he was officially owned by the Campania club. With the Granata he achieved two promotions (from Lega Pro 2 to Lega Pro 1 in 2013-13, and a promotion to Serie B in 2014-15). He made a total of 144 appearances with 2 goals.
In 2018 he joined Benevento. He stayed three years and was part of the record-breaking team under Pippo Inzaghi which crushed all opposition in 2019-2020 securing promotion to Serie A. They were unable to stay in the top tier however and after three years, 55 appearances and 4 goals he moved to Lecce in Serie B. Here he won another promotion to Serie A in 2021-22. He rarely played in 2022-23 and his contract was not renewed. In 2023 he signed for Cremonese but hardly ever played.
In 2024 he joined Osijek in the Croatian top tier. He played 19 games with one goal.
Alessandro Tuia was supposed to follow the footsteps of Alessandro Nesta but it was not to be. He has however had a long and successful career even if not at the highest level.
Lazio Career
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